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Across | 1 | | The region of Italy which forms
the "toe" of its
geographical "boot" (8) |
| 6 | | ___ Mill, a BBC television studio
complex in Edgbaston, Birmingham,
from 1971 to 2004 (6) |
| 9 | | In law, a joint heir to a property
or an estate (10) |
| 10 | | A T-shaped cross with a loop above
the horizontal bar, the symbol of
life (4) |
| 11 | | Thomas ___ , English artist who
painted the full-length portrait
The Blue Boy in 1779 (12) |
| 13 | | The ___ , gang who opposed the
Puerto Rican Sharks in the musical
West Side Story (4) |
| 14 | | Courteously deferential and
respectful (8) |
| 17 | | Clive ___ , inventor who produced
the first slimline electronic
pocket calculator in 1972 (8) |
| 18 | | American psychedelic rock band who
recorded the 1967 album Forever
Changes (4) |
| 20 | | Illustrator who became the
inaugural British Children's Laureate in 1999 (7,5) |
| 23 | | A group of islands off the west
coast of Ireland, home of the
eponymous cable-stitch knitted
sweater (4) |
| 24 | | An annual award given by
UK's Crime Writers' Association
since 1960 for the best crime
novel of the year (4,6) |
| 25 | | English city, known as Isca
Dumnoniorum under Roman rule (6) |
| 26 | | Hampshire village, the birthplace
of pioneering naturalist and
ornithologist Gilbert White (8) |
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Down | 2 | | The smallest particle in an
element which can take part in a
chemical reaction (4) |
| 3 | | Any medicine, such as aspirin,
that reduces pain without inducing
unconsciousness (9) |
| 4 | | Shane ___ , actor who plays Alfie
Moon in the TV soap opera
EastEnders (6) |
| 5 | | Literally "a year of
horrors", the term used by
Queen Elizabeth II to refer to the
royal misfortunes of 1992 (5,10) |
| 6 | | Historically, a licensed seller of
papal indulgences (8) |
| 7 | | The ___ , children's comic which includes the characters Minnie the Minx and Billy Whizz (5) |
| 8 | | Body of water on whose shores the
Swiss city of Lausanne lies (4,6) |
| 12 | | Athenian tragedy by Sophocles
about the king of Thebes who
killed his father Laius and
married his mother Jocasta (7,3) |
| 15 | | A vocal exercise in which runs,
scales, etc, are sung to the same
syllable or syllables (9) |
| 16 | | Kim ___ , actress who played the
Bond girl Domino Petachi in the
film Never Say Never Again (8) |
| 19 | | A member of a north-eastern
Germanic people who overran Gaul,
Spain, and North Africa, and
sacked Rome in 455 (6) |
| 21 | | A musical composition for nine
performers (5) |
| 22 | | Small family hatchback car
produced by Spanish manufacturers
SEAT since 1998 (4) |
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